Aracaju to São José do Rio Preto bus

Buses from Aracaju to São José do Rio Preto start at €75.53 and take 26h 53m at their fastest.

AracajuAracajuSão José do Rio PretoSão José do Rio Preto
A stunning aerial view showcasing São José do Rio Pardo's scenic landscape.

The Buses from Aracaju to São José do Rio Preto starts at €75.53 and takes 26h 53m door to door, run by 1 operator over 1,972 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 18, 2026Priced for October 5, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 26h 53mDoor to door
  • 26h 9mMoving
  • €112.38 to €232.28From
  • 06:08 to 14:21First and last departure
  • 6Per day
  • 53.2 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 5, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€112.38 to €232.28 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.

Empresa Gontijo de Transportes runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

Buying this trip

Bookaway lists departures for Aracaju to São José do Rio Preto on your date, and you pay on their side.

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €232.28Sat19
  2. about €182.23Sun20
  3. about €143.73Mon21
  4. about €128.88Tue22
  5. about €152.53Wed23
  6. about €167.38Thu24
  7. about €154.73Fri25
  8. about €129.43Sat26
  9. about €128.33Sun27
  10. about €121.73Mon28
  11. about €119.53Tue29
  12. about €119.53Wed30
  13. about €118.98Thu1
  14. about €112.38Fri2

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 5, 2026

Cheapest€75.53
  1. Empresa Gontijo de Transportes EG678714:2126h 42m17:03Rodoviária de AracajuEstação Rodoviária

Door to door 27h 26mCO2 53.2 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Fastest€104.68
  1. Empresa Gontijo de Transportes EG127106:0826h 9m08:17Rodoviária de AracajuEstação Rodoviária

Door to door 26h 53mCO2 53.2 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Empresa Gontijo de Transportes€75.5326h 25m72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi
  • Empresa Gontijo de Transportes

The bus gets you into São José do Rio Preto. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in São José do Rio Preto for the night the bus gets in

Sort by distance from Estação Rodoviária and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Aracaju to São José do Rio Preto

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €111.8390 days
  2. €61.7860 days
  3. €69.4845 days
  4. €104.6830 days
  5. €96.9821 days
  6. €112.3814 days
  7. €154.737 days
  8. €143.733 days
  9. €232.281 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €61.78.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 276 percent. The most expensive point is €232.28, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €128.33Sun
  2. €121.73Mon
  3. €119.53Tue
  4. €119.53Wed
  5. €118.98Thu
  6. €112.38Fri
  7. €129.43Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Aracaju

Bus
  • Rodoviária de Aracaju
  • Terminal Maracaju

São José do Rio Preto

Bus
  • Estação Rodoviária
  • Brentur Fretamento de ônibus
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 1,972 km against 1,715 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Uberaba, Patos de Minas, Pirapora, Patrocínio. The gap between arriving and leaving is 48 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Aracaju at 06:08 and the last at 14:21, across 6 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Aracaju to São José do Rio Preto

The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Coach from Aracaju to São José do Rio Preto take?

The Coach from Aracaju to São José do Rio Preto takes 26h 53m door to door, of which 26h 9m is spent moving. The route runs 1,972 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Coach from Aracaju to São José do Rio Preto cost?

The Coach from Aracaju to São José do Rio Preto starts at €75.53 for one passenger, as of September 18, 2026. A typical fare is €105.23. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Coach from Aracaju to São José do Rio Preto?

1 operators run the Coach from Aracaju to São José do Rio Preto: Empresa Gontijo de Transportes. Between them they file around 6 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Coach from Aracaju to São José do Rio Preto use?

The Coach from Aracaju to São José do Rio Preto leaves from Rodoviária de Aracaju and arrives at Estação Rodoviária. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Coach from Aracaju to São José do Rio Preto?

Fares for the Coach from Aracaju to São José do Rio Preto bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €61.78. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 276 percent, measured on September 18, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Aracaju to São José do Rio Preto produce?

The Coach from Aracaju to São José do Rio Preto produces about 53.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1972 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Coach from Aracaju to São José do Rio Preto?

Operators on the Coach from Aracaju to São José do Rio Preto publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 26h 53m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Aracaju to São José do Rio Preto on September 18, 2026: 1972 km of route against 1715 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €75.53, and 26h 53m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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